San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-05
CURIOUS FEATURES
IN A LIST OF REPRESENTATIVES
ELECT AND SENATORS.

All Sorts of Names Found Among the
4O1 Chosen Statesmen of the Fiftieth
Congress-something for the Punster
to Look After.
The list of representatives elect and sena-
tors in the Fiftieth congress presents some
curious features. One member Is White, an
other Brown, while still another is Gray. The
greatest variety of temper and disposition is
represented One man is Gay, another
Bland another Crisp, another Wise. One is
Long and one is Hale There sh""i". nc no
/ danger of the FIftieth congress starving, for
there are to be found in it Oats and Rice and
Bacon, not to mention a big Cobb in the
house, a well developed Berry in the senate,
and though there is so far but one Hogg
among the 401 statesmen chosen, the prospect
of several others turning up later on is prom
Using. To satisfy the bibulous there Is, am
sorry to note, but one Glass and little Peel;
sweetness and the proper spirits are appar-
emily wanting though Glass and Peel could
possibly furnish both. If not, there is But
Ter and Stewart who may.
Many trades are represented There is
Baker, Fisher, Weaver, a Cooper, Ma
son, Glover, a Hunter, a Miller, Brewer,
Granger, Turner, Taylor and Sawyer.
There are many "men," too, among the men,
bers of this congress-Tillman, Merriman,
Greenman, Boothman, Herman, Holman,
Chapman, Sherman. The great trio of Jones,
Brown and Robinson is for once broken;
there are Joneses and Browns, but not
single Robinson was returned. As an offset
to this, however, there are two Smiths and
one Thompson with "p." Presidential names
are represented by Washington, Adams, Tay-
lor and Hayes, the Washington being the
first of his name to sit in congress, and hail
ing not from Virginia, as might be expected,
but from Tennessee
OTHER HISTORIC NAMES.
Other historic names found in the list are
Lee, Mason and Breckenridge. Maine sends
a Reed, by no means slender or weak; Illinois
a Post and Cannon, the latter having made
sad havoc among the enemy in former con-
crosses, when touched off; Maryland Rusk,
and Missouri and Kentucky Stone each,
both Of them very unsatisfactory specimens
indeed Texas furnishes a man with the SAN
culinary and suggestive name Of Kilgore, but
as a token Of peace accompanies him with an
Abbott and Hare. One member at least in
each house Of the national legislature when
it next meets will be Plumb, though the house
goes the senate one better, as it were, and
produces one Fuller. There is Lodge and a
Hall to be had in the next congress, as well as
a Lane with Walker thrown in. The Seven
teenth Pennsylvania district is represented by
aScull, while the representative of the Four
tenth Is Bound. The state Of Missouri is
represented in the senate by Vest. Vir-
ginia has its Gaines in the next house mostly
on the Republican side and Wisconsin its
Price.
There Is certain suggestiveness-a serial
story almost-in the names Bankhead, Bur-
rows, Owen, Dunn and Morrow The New
York delegation carries Bliss into the next
house along with Flood. For many years
the letter has been unrepresented in con-
gress; this time it can boast of two names,
Yoder and Yost. Texas sends Coke of very
poor quality. The "Mac's and the O's" are
well represented, there being ten of the for
mer and four Of the latter. There Is but one
"Patrick" who has the courage to print his
name in full and that is "PatS Collins. Curl
Gus baptismal names abound; for instance,
Jehu, Hilary, AdoAiram, Knute, Cherubusco,
Beriah ard Welty. Beside such picturesque
names the Johns and Williams, Georges and
Thomases shrink into utter insignihcance.
though they hold their own in point of num-
bers "by a large majority. "-Washingto
Cor. New York Tribune